Huge intramyocardial echinococcal cyst resulting in a significant left ventricular cavity obliteration evaluated by real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography before and after complete excision

Circulation. 2011 Oct 11;124(15):1692-3. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.985432.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomegaly / parasitology
  • Cardiomyopathies / parasitology*
  • Computer Systems
  • Echinococcosis / complications*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / parasitology*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography*
  • Radiography, Thoracic